Adobe Fireworks CS4 Introduction Adobe® Fireworks® CS4 1 7 1 Adobe Fireworks CS4 ACE Exam fw1 In our Adobe Fireworks Level One course students will learn how to use Fireworks CS4 to design effective, high-quality images for the Web. They will learn how to customize the Fireworks environment, create and modify vector shapes duplicate and merge shapes create and apply custom colors, gradients, and patterns import and modify bitmaps and format text and optimize and export graphics for the Web. Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Centrino®, Intel® Xeon®, or Intel® Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor. 512 MB RAM or above. 1 GB hard-disk space to install software, and an additional 500 MB to run the course. Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card 24-bit color recommended. A mouse or compatible tracking device. 1024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution. CD-ROM drive. Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 , Windows 98, or Windows NT with options pack 4 Mac OS X Adobe® Fireworks® CS4 Web Browser (Firefox 2.0+ or IE 6.0+) Basic operating system knowledge including navigate the file system, editing text, creating, copying and deleting files. Some familiarity with Vector drawing tools is helpful Some familiarity with bitmap images is helpful Familiarity with other Adobe software applications is helpful, but not required Understand the differences between bitmap and vector graphics. Use the Info panel to precisely scale objects. Use Fireworks to create and manipulate complex vector graphics and apply effects, textures, and patterns. Understand the GIF, JPEG, and PNG file formats to choose the right one for each kind of image. Import bitmap (raster) graphics and modify them. Create selections within bitmap images using the Lasso, Marquee, and Magic Wand tools. Import and modify text objects, and merge them with vector graphics. Understand image resolution as it pertains to Web based graphics. Show and edit rulers, grids, and guides in order to position items with precision on a Web page. Create hotspots to which you will assign links, alt text, and link targets. Slice complex images into sections and use the Optimize panel and Fireworks’ Preview modes to optimize the images individually. Create simple and customized rollover and disjoint rollover effects using effects, patterns, and textures. Export a multi-frame Fireworks file with rollover effects as an HTML document. Getting started The Fireworks environment Document navigation Fireworks Help Vector shapes New documents Creating shapes Manipulating shapes Color Applying color Fill options Stroke options Bitmap images Importing bitmap images Editing bitmap images Text Adding text Using text effects Graphics for the Web Exporting graphics Working with sliced graphics Fireworks CS4: Intermediate Fireworks CS4: Basic + CertBlaster, Student Manual with Data ILT Series 1-4260-0548-2